NNS BEECROFT
OUR OPERATIONS
NNS BEECROFT has the responsibility of executing policing duties at sea drawn from the Nigerian Navy’s role as enshrined in the constitution and as directed by higher command from time to time.
Executing Policing Duties At Sea
For effective control of the area of operation, NNS BEECROFT has tender units such as the Forward Operations Base in BADAGRY in Lagos and Ogun State, Forward Operations Base LEKKI, Forward Operations Base IGBOKODA in Ondo State and the Fleet Support Unit BEECROFT in Lagos. The Base also has an outpost in Atlas Cove Island known as Forward Operating Base (FOB) Takwa Bay.
Together with these units lies the responsibility of executing policing duties at sea drawn from the Nigerian Navy’s role as enshrined in the constitution and as directed by higher command from time to time. Specifically, the base is to combat illicit maritime crimes of piracy, pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkering, smuggling, illegal fishing, sea robbery, human trafficking, illegal immigration and provide assistance to government institutions as well as maritime stakeholders.
Securing Critical National Infrastructures
The base is also responsible for securing critical national infrastructures within her area of operation with particular attention to pipeline vandalism and oil theft. In times of national crises, NNS BEECROFT offers military aid to civil authority as the situation demands. NNS BEECROFT is also the mother base for naval capital ships in Lagos area, providing logistics support to sustain naval operations.
Similarly, the Base is tasked with combating militancy and other forms of subversive activities, providing escort and security for VIPs and Private Maritime Logistics Security Company vessels in her Area of Responsibility. The Base is also responsible for facilitating burial ceremonies of deceased personnel as directed by naval headquarters.
